1854.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 219 



has coloured the cere and feet of our common Indian Kite of too deep a 

 yellow. In his opinion, this bird and the Milvus ater of Europe and 

 the M. affinis of Australia " form three very distinct species, of which 

 the [Indian] M. govinda is by far the largest and finest." Their distinc- 

 tive characters, however, are not pointed out. Muscipeta Incei, Gould, 

 from the neighbourhood of Shanghai, is nearly related to my M. affinis 

 from the Malay countries, &c. ; but seems distinct. A beautiful Suthora 

 is figured, from China, distinct from the four 1ST. Indian species (ruficeps, 



FULVIFRONS, NIPALENSIS, AND POLIOTIS),— S. WEBBIANA, G. R. Gray ; 



and two varieties are represented of S. nipalensis, Hodgson, — one with 

 dark ashy crown, and white checks passing into pale ashy posteriorly (not 

 my S. poliotis, J. A. S. XX, p. 32, from the Khasya hills), — the other 

 with rufous crown and ear-coverts, and an ashy mark behind the latter, — 

 possibly a sexual distinction. This should be investigated by any orni- 

 thologist who has the opportunity. — E. B. 



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Sanskrit- Worterbuch herausgegeben von der Kaiserlichen Akademie 

 der Wissenschaften. Bearbeitet von Otto Bohtlingk und Eudolph Roth. 

 Erste Lieferung, St. Petersburg 1853, 4to.— By the Editors. 



Selections from the Records of the Government of India No. II. Pun- 

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Selections from the Records of the Government of Bengal No. XIII. 



Notes on the manufacture of Salt in the Tumlook Agency, &c. 2 copies. 



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Journal of the Indian Archipelago for April and May, 1853.— By the 

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Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Ma- 

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Statuts de l'Ordre Chapitral d'Ancienne Noblesse des quatres empe- 

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